Archive - May 9, 2012
After missing the playoffs three-straight seasons from 2008-10, the Bunker Hill softball team begins its second-straight 2A postseason trip Friday.
The Lady Bears, who had a remarkable 2012 campaign, will try to break its recent unlucky past in postseason play.
A goal by Ceana Aguirre in the 60th minute on an assist by Cassidy Winchester was the difference maker, giving the Bandys soccer team a one-goal victory in the first round of the 2A soccer playoffs.
The Lady Trojans' Chandler Griffith pocketed the first goal in the game in the 32nd minute on an assist from Katie Spaulding.
UNCASVILLE, Conn. — The Connecticut Sun has trimmed its pre-season roster to 13 players by cutting two players, including former North Carolina star Jessica Breland.
The 6-foot-3 Breland was picked up by the Sun last July after being waived by New York, but saw action in just one game.
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Gov. Beverly Perdue's proposed budget adjustments for next year would use most of the proceeds from a sales tax increase to restore cuts that North Carolina school districts have been forced to make since 2009.
Perdue will release her nearly $21 billion plan Thursday, but a document provided by the Democratic governor's administration to reporters Wednesday provided details on her proposal.
Paul Morgan Walker, 80, died Wednesday morning, May 9, 2012, at Hospice of the Catawba Valley, after several months of declining health. The Walker family entrusted the arrangements to Willis-Reynolds Funeral Home & Crematory in Newton.
Catawba County Sheriff Coy Reid proved he’s still got it Wednesday — by chasing down a burglar on the run.
Reid, who has served close to 35 years with the sheriff’s department and is serving his second year as sheriff, found himself in the middle of a wild chase Wednesday morning after responding to a breaking and entering call in Hickory.
Searching for its football future, Maiden High School decided to dig into its past.
The school officially announced Wednesday that former assistant coach Frank Snider will lead the Blue Devils football program this season.
Snider replaces James "Buddy" King, who resigned last week after replacing Brian Brown as coach Feb. 14.
Paul Morgan Walker operated a pharmacy in one of downtown Newton's historic business buildings for more than half a century.
He was a leader in the community’s government, civic, business and religious activities throughout those decades.
Walker, who was 80, died Wednesday morning at Hospice of the Catawba Valley after several months of failing health.
Authorities prevented danger late Tuesday when they stopped a lost 87-year-old driver who traveled north for at least six miles in the southbound lanes of U.S. 321.
Maiden police officers and Lincoln County sheriff's deputies helped direct the driver, a Salisbury woman, to the roadside about 7:30 p.m. near mile marker 30 in Catawba County.
Primary day yielded few surprises in Catawba County in the presidential and state governor primaries.
Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney tallied the most votes for U.S. president.
Former Charlotte mayor and Republican Pat McCrory and Democrat Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton received the most votes in North Carolina's gubernatorial race.
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